The Lahore High Court (LHC) said on Monday that the Punjab government should apologize to the nation for the misogynistic remarks made by Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umer Sheikh about the victim of the motorway gang-rape incident. Hearing a petition calling for the formation of a judicial inquiry commission to investigate the incident, LHC […]
As the government has announced the reopening of schools with strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Prime Minister PM Imran Khan also welcomes the children back to school. In a tweet on Monday, PM Imran said that the government has fully worked on the school operation to ensure every child’s safety. The tweet read: “Tomorrow we […]
Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government decided on Monday that it will bring to parliament a bill to penalize sex offenders; rapists with castration. Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved of the legislation, to castrate rapists once proven guilty, and the government bodies will now introduce it to the parliament soon, the sources have confirmed. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Monday confirmed that police have arrested a suspect named Shafqat in the Lahore motorway gang-rape case, who has also under interrogation confessed to have committed the crime. Taking to Twitter, the chief minister said that the DNA of suspect Shafqat had matched with the samples collected from the crime […]
KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis rose by 24.4 per-cent to $2.095 billion during August as compared to last year’s corresponding period, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday. According to figures released by the central bank, remittances reached an unprecedented level of $7.3 billion over the last three months, which are 37.2 per-cent […]
LAHORE: Lahore Capital City Police Office (CCPO) Umer Sheikh on Monday apologized for his statement on the Lahore motorway gang-rape incident in which he had said the victim woman shared the blame for it. In a statement after meeting Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar in Lahore, he said: “I apologize to the victim woman and all […]
The police on Monday arrested a man named Shafqat, an alleged accused in a motorway gang rape case in Lahore. Shafqat is a friend of Abid, the main accused in the case. Sources claimed that Shafqat has confessed his involvement in the motorway gang-rape case. The accused is currently going through the process of DNA […]
An IED exploded at a security check post on Boya to Miranshah Road in North Waziristan, killing one soldier. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR), an IED exploded at a security check post on Boya to Miranshah Road in North Waziristan, killing 33-year-old soldier Sajid. The military media wing stated […]
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Saturday evening announced that the government has been able to reach the “real culprits” in the motorway gang-rape case that caused countrywide outrage and exposed the lack of security on a key route. He was addressing a press conference alongside Punjab Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani, Law Minister […]
Israel and the Gulf state of Bahrain have reached a landmark deal to fully normalize their relations, US President Donald Trump has announced. “The second Arab country to make peace with Israel in 30 days,” he tweeted. For decades, most Arab states have boycotted Israel, insisting they would only establish ties after the Palestinian dispute […]
